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Failing a Masters

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  • 02-05-2013 8:21pm
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    corkguy001
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    I have heard that if someone fails a Masters course, they are not permitted to undertake a second Masters for a period of 5 years? Is that correct can anyone confirm.
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    El Inho
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    sounds like non-sense to me. I'm in an MA and while I don't plan on failing, I also believe this is not true. No college would ever turn down the money to be honest.


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    38Flowers
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    Doesn't make any sense...can't be true.


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    username123
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    How would anyone know?

    Universities dont trawl through every other worldwide university checking on your academic status. They may check up on supporting information that you provide - but thats it.

    Even if you told them about it - what difference would it make? There are many reasons for failing, you could have had a nasty illness that left you unable to continue for example.


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    pow wow
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    Never heard of a rule like that. There may be some internal school rule about taking a masters in the same dept. or something once you've already failed one but I've never seen it written down.


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    Viva La Gloria
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    El Spearo wrote: »
    sounds like non-sense to me. I'm in an MA and while I don't plan on failing, I also believe this is not true. No college would ever turn down the money to be honest.

    Ha, yeah I agree with this. I've come to realise in my time doing an MSc that all my college cares about is getting bums on seats.


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